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o.claud.2.232 Mitte IIMons Claudianus
Letter [from Dioscorus] via HGV-meta
Letter from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos. A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from Dioskoros to Drakon, Eremesis and the curator Ammonianos, with the usual greetings and obeisance before the local gods. He mentions a message received, greets Kopres, asks for fish(?) and sends a bundle of beet to be shared. It comes from the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the mid-2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 29655.
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- Letter [from Dioscorus] HGV-meta Mons ClaudianusMitte II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
ΔιόσκοροςΔράκωνι καὶ Ερεμησις καὶ Ἀμμωνιανῷ κουράτορι τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις φιλτάτοις[…]πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. ἔλαβον ὑμῶν
τὴν φάσιν ὅτι […]ιν ἔχομεν λαβεῖν ὑπὲρ τοῦ
[…]…ις καὶ ὁ Νεῖλος
[… ? lines lost …]
[v]
ἀσπάζομαι Κωπρῆς …[…]
σπέρματα. πέμψον μοι ὀψάρια · κομίσασθε δεσμίδιν σεύτλου καὶ διαμερίσατε αὐτὸ
εἰς τοὺς γ […]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[recto]
Dioskoros to Drakon and Eremesis and Ammonianos the curator, both dearest [...], very many greetings. I make [your] obeisance before the gods here. I received your [message that] [...] we have to receive on behalf of the [...] and the Nile
[...]
[verso]
I greet Kopres [...] seeds. Send me fish(?). [Receive] a small bundle of beet and [divide it] among the 3 [...]
[...]
Connections
Found at
Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29655 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;232 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29655 tier-1
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